Crissie Davies has been kissed every day for the past 60 years by husband Edwyn.

The pair, who celebrate their diamond wedding today, say the romance is there after all this time.

Crissie, 81, said: 'We still love each other a lot. He kisses me every day and he doesn't care who's there. We still hold hands. We are very lucky.'

Crissie met Edwyn, 85, in the Albert Pub in St Mary Street when she was 20. She had gone for a drink with her uncle, and Edwyn, 24 at the time, was there with a mutual friend.

They went on their first date together to The Astaire Dance Hall.

'The first date we had, he said, 'I'm going to marry you',' said Crissie, who has lived with Edwyn in Llanrumney Avenue, Llanrumney, Cardiff, for 52 years.

'I didn't believe him at first. But I had to when he went home and told his mother.

'I thought he was very handsome.'

The pair were married in less than a year of meeting. But not without a few hiccups.

'We were meant to get married on Saturday, March 1,' said Crissie. 'But Edwyn never went to give our names to the registrar. We had to get special dispensation from the bishop to get married on the Sunday instead, after our names had been registered.'

'It had stopped by the time of the wedding. They had cleared the roads and all the snow was piled up at the sides of the pavements,' said Crissie.

The reception was held at Crissie's mother's house in Clare Street, Riverside.

They lived in Edwyn's mother's house in De Burgh Street after they were married, moving to Llanrumney seven years later. Exactly one year after their wedding, the couple's only child, Jillian, who is 59 today, was born.

Edwyn worked as an asbestos roofer and Crissie was working for OCS in Pentwyn before retirement.

The couple, who have three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, will celebrate their anniversary with a party in Rumney Conservative Club.